Betting on the F35 and Harper

A couple of friends and I have a running bet.  The bet has three parts.  I have won the first part.

The bet is:
1) when the Cons will back away from the F35;
2) when Harper will leave politics; and
3) when the Cons will announce that, after "extensive and unbiased" analysis of needs and capabilities, Canada, not the Cons, will buy the F35?

For the record my timing is as follows:
1) before end of year 2012 (I won);
2) in October 2013; and
3) three minutes to midnight on the Friday of a long weekend in September 2013.

So far my winnings amount to an "Atta boy".  If I win the second part, I am upgraded to "You da' man!"

If I get all three, I win the ultimate prize - Benevolent Dictator of Canada for four years; during which I can make all the decisions and implement all the policies I ever cared about, without regard for either Canadians or the Constitution... just like Harper does!

You note that there is no bet on when Elmer McKay's little boy gets the bump from Cabinet... that would have been too easy.

Stay tuned.

The legal profession gets a slap-down

I am not a fan of the legal profession.  That is not to say that I do not like lawyers, I have a brother-in-law who is a lawyer, and I like him.  I am also not too fond of accountants... but that is another story.

There is a case currently winding its way through the tortures of the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) which I am watching in awe.  A certain Ontario Paralegal was disbarred in 1989 by the LSUC  for allegedly over-billing of the legal aid system.  Legal Aid investigated the allegations and found that the Paralegal was not guilty of the charges of over-billing.  They sent a cheque for $150,000 as payment for services to the Paralegal.

Not satisfied that their allegations were found bogus, the LSUC decided to pursue the Paralegal through an internal LSUC procedure to expell the Paralegal from his profession.  The LSUC is failing miserably because they have no case.

So why is the LSUC pursuing this Paralegal?  It is simple.  They want to control paralegals to the point where paralegals cannot act without the consent of a lawyer... a lawyer who will also bill the client for the overseeing - even if they do no work.   It is GREED.  Simple GREED.

That is what the Occupy movement is all about.

You can read more on this case at: http://harrykopyto.ca/2011/11/18/law-societys-case-of-kopyto-as-fraudster-falters